Matt Perault(@MattPerault):Why are courts running college sports? College sports has spent years moving from one lawsuit to the next. That’s partly because the industry has chosen a path that makes it difficult to develop and enforce stable rules. In my first piece for a new Substack, the Sports Policy Institute, I look at why litigation has become the dominant tool for governing college sports, and how collective bargaining could create a more durable framework that keeps college sports out of courts.

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Matt Perault@MattPerault

2026.09.10 10:42

Why are courts running college sports? College sports has spent years moving from one lawsuit to the next. That’s partly because the industry has chosen a path that makes it difficult to develop and enforce stable rules. In my first piece for a new Substack, the Sports Policy Institute, I look at why litigation has become the dominant tool for governing college sports, and how collective bargaining could create a more durable framework that keeps college sports out of courts.